Shloka 20

नरनारायण-नारदसंवादः

Nara-Nārāyaṇa–Nārada Discourse on Vision, Elements, and Entry into Vāsudeva

Devanagari script

अन्योन्यं समभिप्रेत्य मैथुनस्य समागमे । उपद्रव इवाविष्टो योनिं गर्भ: प्रपद्यते,पति-पत्नीकी पारस्परिक इच्छाके अनुसार मैथुनके लिये जब उनका समागम होता है, उस समय किसी उपद्रवके समान गर्भ योनिमें प्रवेश करता है

Transliteration

anyonyam samabhipretya maithunasya samāgame | upadrava ivāviṣṭo yoniṁ garbhaḥ prapadyate ||

Translation

Nārada said: “When husband and wife come together for intercourse with mutual consent, the embryo enters the womb—seizing it as though driven by an overpowering impulse, like a sudden disturbance.”

Word by Word

• अन्योन्यम्: mutually, one another
• अन्योन्यम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्योन्य
• Form: Avyaya (adverbial accusative usage)

• समभिप्रेत्य: having mutually desired/consented
• समभिप्रेत्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-अभि-√प्रि (प्रीणाति/प्रीयते) → अभिप्रेत (इष्ट/अभिलषित)
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), indeclinable; from sam-abhi-√prī

• मैथुनस्य: of sexual union
• मैथुनस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: मैथुन
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• समागमे: in the coming-together/union
• समागमे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समागम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• उपद्रवः: a disturbance, calamity
• उपद्रवः: Upamana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपद्रव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: as if, like
• इव: Upamana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव
• Form: Avyaya

• आविष्टः: entered, possessed, seized
• आविष्टः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-√विश् (विशति) → आविष्ट
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• योनिम्: womb, vagina
• योनिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• गर्भः: embryo, fetus
• गर्भः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रपद्यते: enters, reaches, resorts to
• प्रपद्यते: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√पद् (पद्यते)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Ātmanepada, 3rd person, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• garbha (embryo)
• yoni (womb)
• pati-patnī (husband and wife)